abriter
French, verb/a.bʁi.te/
abriter is spelled A-B-R-I-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abriter is a French verb meaning “to shelter, to harbour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre à l’abri”.
What does abriter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shelter, to harbour
Cette maison est abritée par une montagne.
- 2
to host (an object, an event, an institution, etc.)
La ville abrite un des derniers vestiges de la domination grecque.
- 3
to take cover; to shelter
s'abriter derrière un mur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre à l’abri. 2. Conserver ; contenir ; être le lieu de. 3. Se mettre à l’abri. 4. Invoquer comme justification.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abriter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- abritant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- abrité participle past
- abrite first-person indicative present
- abrites indicative present second-person
- abritons first-person indicative plural
- abritez indicative plural present
- abritent indicative plural present
- abritais first-person imperfect indicative
- abritait imperfect indicative singular
- abritions first-person imperfect indicative
- abritiez imperfect indicative plural
- abritaient imperfect indicative plural
- abritai first-person historic indicative
- abritas historic indicative past
- abrita historic indicative past
- abritâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abriter?
- /a.bʁi.te/
- \a.bʁi.te\
- [a.bʁi.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abriter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abriter in French?
abriter appears 2.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).